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Brush wins Morgan County Duals

Jayde Queen of Brush secures a pin against Brynden Wilson of Wiggins at the Morgan County Duals on Friday. Brush won both its duals with Wiggins and Fort Morgan. (Brandon Boles / Fort Morgan Times)

Brush vs. Fort Morgan

Brush 44, Fort Morgan 34

120: Wyatt Holdren (B) over Luis Almora (fall, 1:45)

126: Wyatt Pfau (B) over Porfirio Del Campo (fall, 1:36)

132: Ricky Mendez (B) over Seth Aleman (fall, 1:29)

138: Jayde Queen (B) over Sterling Sharp (9-5 dec.)

145: Isaac Morales (B) over JJ Boimah (fall, 3:31)

152: Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia (B) over Gerardo Miranda (15-0 tech fall)

160: Frank Rosales (FM) over Jeron Petterson (11-2 maj. dec.)

170: Kaleb Bell (FM) for.

182: Dylan McBride (FM) over Toby McDonald (fall, 1:28)

195: James Hochanadel (FM) for.

220: Alex Mai (FM) over Riggs Tann (fall, :44)

285: Toby McBride (FM) over Andrew Guzman (fall, 1:15)

106: Caleb Cox (B) for.

Brush vs. Wiggins

Brush 53, Wiggins 20

113: Colin Cole (B) for.

120: Cael Croissant (Wig) over Jason Moreno (21-6 tech fall)

126: Wyatt Pfau (Wig) over Cameron Holm (fall, 3:01)

132: Ricky Mendez (B) over Logan Goddard (fall, :52)

138: Jayde Queen (B) over Brynden Wilson (fall, 2:59)

145: Jovani Garcia (B) over Joe Dorren (16-0 tech fall)

152: Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia (B) for.

160: Jeron Petterson (B) for.

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170: Dillon Donaghy (B) for.

182: Toby McDonald (B) for.

195: Open

220: Dolphus Grindle (Wig) over Riggs Tann (fall, 1:45)

285: David Nance (Wig) over Andrew Guzman (6-4 dec.)

106: Caleb Cox (B) for.

Fort Morgan vs. Wiggins

Fort Morgan 49, Wiggins 16

106: Open

113: Open

120: Cael Croissant (Wig) over Luis Almora (fall, 4:17)

126: Cameron Holm (Wig) over Porfirio Del Campo (12-4 maj. dec.)

132: Seth Aleman (FM) over Logan Goddard (6-3 dec.)

138: Sterling Sharp (FM) over Brynden Wilson (16-3 maj. dec.)

145: Joe Dorren (Wig) over JJ Boimah (fall, 2:48)

152: Gerardo Miranda (FM) for.

160: Frank Rosales (FM) for.

170: Kaleb Bell (FM) over Dillon Donaghy (fall, 3:04)

182: Dylan McBride (FM) for.

195: James Hochanadel (FM) over Dolphus Grindle (fall, 1:40)

220: Alex Mai (FM) over David Nance (fall, 2:56)

285: Toby McBride (FM) for.

JJ Boimah ties up Isaac Morales on their knees in a match at 145 pounds. Fort Morgan defeated Wiggins and fell to Brush at Brush High School. (Brandon Boles / Fort Morgan Times)

BRUSH — There were matches that went the distance, plenty of impressive pins, and great action all around at Brush High School on Friday for the annual Morgan County Duals triangular. Fort Morgan won the first dual of the night with Wiggins and Brush won both their duals with the Tigers and the Mustangs to win bragging rights in the county.

Fort Morgan vs. Wiggins

The first dual of the night with the Tigers and Mustangs started close between the schools, but thanks to some forfeits and wins late by the veterans, the Mustangs went on to get the 49-16 win.

Cael Croissant started the night strong for the Tigers, scoring at will early against Luis Almora at 120 pounds. He went on to nail a takedown and pin early in the third period for the first of his two wins. After the opening win, Cameron Holm followed up with a 12-4 majority decision over Porfirio Del Campo thanks to five takedowns.

Fort Morgan got on the board at 132 pounds thanks to Seth Aleman. He scored two takedowns and a near fall in the first two periods and scramble from going to his back in the third to win a 6-3 decision. Sterling Sharp followed that win by scoring with takedowns, reversals, and near pins to win a 16-3 majority decision at 138.

Joe Dorren would get the final win for the Tigers at 145 after getting a reversal from bottom position in the second period to pin JJ Boimah. Kaleb Bell, James Hochanadel, and Alex Mai all won by pin in their matches, and the Mustangs received three forfeits to lead the way late towards the win.

Wiggins vs. Brush

Croissant was the big winner for the Tigers as he notched his second win of the night against Jason Mereno in the first dual against Brush.

A close match early quickly went in Croissant's favor as he scored takedowns and near falls consistently starting late in the first period. 11 points scored in the second period gave him a 21-9 technical fall win.

Following the loss, Brush got seven of the next eight matches by win or forfeit. Wyatt Pfau used his grappling from top position to get a pin at 126, Ricky Mendez followed with a pin in 52 seconds at 132, and Jayde Queen held Brynden Wilson down in the second period to lead to a pin at 138. Jovani Garcia scored at will at 145 pounds to get a 16-0 technical fall win.

For forfeits led to the next match at 220 pounds between Dolphus Grindle and Riggs Tann. Grindle moved up a weight class after wrestling at 195 against Fort Morgan and answered big with a headlock late in the first period to get the win by fall. David Nance wrestled at 285, also moving up a weight class from the Fort Morgan dual, and scored a takedown with five seconds remaining to win a 6-4 decision.

Brush won four matches and earned five forfeits to get the 53-20 victory.

Fort Morgan vs. Brush

Brush could not have asked for a better start in the dual with the Mustangs to close the triangular Friday night.

Wyatt Holdren used a reversal to get a win by fall in the first period at 120, Pfau had a cradle locked in to get a first round pin at 126, and Mendez also landed a reversal and secured a pin at 132 to start the dual. Queen got his work in early with Sterling Sharp to win a close 9-5 decision at 138. Isaac Morales got up from the bottom position and landed a pin in the second period against Boimah and Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia held down Gerardo Miranda for a 15-0 technical fall to make it six straight wins for the Beetdiggers.

But where the Beetdiggers started strong, the Mustangs began to change the tune of the match late.

Frank Rosales got the Mustangs on the board with an 11-2 majority decision, coming very close to securing a pin in the third period. After Bell got a forfeit at 170, Dylan McBride landed an early takedown and won by fall in the first period over Toby McDonald at 182. Alex Mai and Toby McBride wasted no time in their matches at 220 and 285, scoring takedowns easily and getting pins in 44 seconds and 75 seconds.

Two forfeits at 106 and 113 for Brush closed the match and gave the Beetdiggers the 44-34 victory. Brush went 2-0 in the triangular, Fort Morgan split their duals, and Wiggins finished 0-2.

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